Five Dons Earn WCC All-Academic Honors - University of San Francisco Athletics

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference officially announced its annual All-Academic teams for the 2023 volleyball season Thursday afternoon.

For San Francisco, Aylen Ayub and Sara Denham earned First Team honors while Abby Wadas, Lindsay Oldendorf, and Maria Petkova were selected as honorable mentions.

The following criteria was used to select the 2023 honorees:

A minimum 3.20 cumulative grade point average (GPA) based on the most recently completed term at the time of the nomination. For volleyball, this would apply to the 2022 spring term
Be a starter or important reserve with legitimate athletic credentials
Have at least sophomore athletic and academic standing with at least one year in residence completed at the nominating institution (true freshmen, redshirt freshmen and ineligible athletic transfers could not be nominated)
Participate in at least 50 percent of the institution's completed contests

The maximum number of individuals selected to the specific sport's All-Academic team is similar to the number of student-athletes selected to the specific sport's all-conference team.

The full 20223 West Coast Conference Volleyball All-Academic Team can be viewed below:

Oren Abutbul, Santa Clara
Aylen Ayub, San Francisco
Isabella Bareford, LMU
Sara Denham, San Francisco
Alexa Edwards, Pacific
Kari Geissberger, LMU
Jenna Heller, Pacific
Jacquelyn Moore, LMU
Megan Nishimura, Pacific
Lia Okammor, Santa Clara
Riley Patterson, Pepperdine
Ella Sandt, Saint Mary's
Haylee Stoner, San Diego
Kjersti Strong, Saint Mary's
Zoe Thiros, Gonzaga
Isabel Zelaya, Pepperdine

For more information and updates on the University of San Francisco volleyball program, be sure to follow the Dons on Twitter @USFDonsVB, @USFDonsVB on Instagram and @USFDonsVball on Facebook.

Players Mentioned

Aylen Ayub

Sara Denham

Lindsay Oldendorf

Maria Petkova

Abby Wadas

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